Saddle for motor-cycles.



r. MESINGBR. SADDLE Pola- MOTOR CYCLES.

APPLICATION IILBDJUNE 1-8', 1912. 1,945,999,y v Patented Dec. 3, 1912.v

.T0 au whom it my concern? -1 a citizen 4of the UnitedStates, residing at New-York city, county and. State of New York, have invented a new and Improved vSaddle for. Motor-Cycles, of which thefollcwingfis a specification. A l

Thisiiiventio'n relatestoa saddle for 'motorcycles which posesses .great resiliency, isof superior strength, and may be l lreadily '.adjusted.

. Inthe.` accompany-ing drawing: Figure v1 isa side elevation' partly in. section of a saddle. embodying my invention; Fig. 2a

plan with some of the-parts omitted; Fig.

"1.3v a `section on line 3 3, Fig. 2; Fig. 4

A ajdetail of the Whichrengage facesil? and are kheld thereto bythe screws 19 andby-nuts n21fcarried byl saidfscrews. ."Itv Willbe :seen thatl by means described, the boxe; are securely held their dip maybe readily adjusted to changetheheight of the saddle.

yoke, and Fig. 5 a side view,

. The saddle post'- 10is straddled bya yoke 11 .which is secured vto the post by means of a bolt" 12'ha`i-ingl alower coniform nut 13 fyvhichen'gages afslitted bushing 1,4 inclosed f'within 'the post. 'The upper end of bolt 12 passes throughl 'an aperture `15 of yoke 11 and carries a head-16'J Each of the two cheeks of' yoke ll-isiprovided vvitli an outer corrugated face 17v and with a squared aper' 4ture 18 adapted' forthe accommodation of a1 screW-19; Yoke 11 is'lanked' by a pair 'of L- shaped boxes Q20 having apertured sides the to the 'yoke by frictional contact and that Boxes .'20 are adapted to accommodate the-,innerorfrontends of'a pairof back or cradle springs 22 and also the inner or V1-ear ends of apair 'of front springs 23. Cradle' Springs 22 may be composed of a .plurality of leaves at their forwardv end and of a single leaf attheir rear end, said leaf being coiled upwardly and forwardly as shown.l Each spring 22 is bolted at said I rear end to arms .24, secured to a bracket 25 irhirh' is in cantle 2G. :som

"vii-*are coiled upwardly and backwardly and turn securedA tothe arched vThe foL Wa fl ends of the' front springs 23 are fulcrinned at 27 to a common plate 28 rranged beneath, the nose piece 29. of the Specieation of Letters Patent.

;' Application aleejrune 1s, 1912. serial No. 704,263.

.Be it known that I, FREDERICK -Mnsirrerm4 Patented Dec. 3, 1912.

saddletop 30. Between plate 28 and nose piece 29 are accommodated the forwardly extending shanks of a top or stay spring 31, which are adjnstably secured to said parts by a bolt 32 and set screw 33 in known manner. The stay spring 31`i is so shaped that at its rear end, its shanks diverge from each other and are here connected by an integral transverse arm or bar 31a. .At the junction of each shank With'said arm, the stay spring is coiled around a bolt 34 depending from bracket 25. In this Way the arm 31 constitutes a brace for cantle 26 and extends in the direction of a chord thereto, so that the cantle is reinforced and held against bending Without the .addition thereto of flanges or other reinforcing means.

Itwill be seen that by the construction described, the saddle possesses a marked .degree of resiliency, that it may be readily adjusted inall of its parts, and that it Will securelyma'intain its adjustment after being set. l I\claim:

lfA saddle provided vgith a member adapted to be secured to a saddle post, a box, means for adjustably securing said box pair of boxes, means for adjustably secur-v ing said boxes 'to said member, a front spring and a cradle spring, the inner ends of which are fitted to said boxes, a saddle top, and means. for securing the outer ends of said springs to said top.

3. A saddle provided with va yoke adapted to straddle a saddle post, a. pair of boxes, means for adjustably securing said boxes to said yoke, a pair of cradle springs and a pair of front springstted to said boxes at their inner ends, a saddle top and means for securing the outer ends of said springs` to said to 4. 'A saddle provided 'Wi-th 'a yoke adapted to straddle a saddle post and having a pair of corrugated cheeks, a pair of L shaped boxes engaging said cheeks, bolts that adjnstably connect the boxes to the yoke, a

`front spring and a cradle spring, the inner to-'said member, a front spring and a cradle ends of' which' are t-tedto Said boxes, :af by theE ezmtle? and means for seen-ring vthe saddle top, v1nd means for securing theouter stay spring t0 Seid bmekets,

ends of seid s rings to Said top. l Y e 5. A' saddlg provided kWith an arched v FREDERICK MESINGER eantle, a bent stay Sprin vhaving a trans- Witnesses: v 'A verse rear arm that exten s in the direction AUGUST ERB,

of a chord to said cantle, brackets carried JULIUS RELIGKELT.

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